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F. H. PATTEE.

CULTIVA'I'ORSf NO- 195,4Z. PatentedSeph 11,1877

UNITED'STATES;

PATENT. OFFICE.

JAMES H. PATTEE, or MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OFTWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHTTO HENRY H. PATTEE AND ITHAMER P. PILLSBURY, OF

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IEN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 195,042, datedSeptember 11, 1877; application filed June 30, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. PATTEE, of Monmouth, in the county ofWarren and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cultivators; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates generally to improvements in that class oftongueless cultivators having axles hinged so that the vertical sideportions of the elevated portion of the axle may be oscillatedindependently in vertical planes; and the invention consists inimprovements relating specially to the feature of suspending the rearends of the plows in an ele vated position for local transportation, allas hereinafter fully described and set forth in the claims heretoannexed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of acultivator embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of aportion of the device, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the plows and beams ofan ordinary cultivator. B is the axle, consisting of an elevated centralportion, B, vertical side portions B, and horizontal end portions B.

This axle is of that class in which the two sides are hinged to eachother by a sleevecoupling, b, as shown at Fig. 1, or otherwise hinged,so that the lower ends of the side portions B" can be, and are, advancedand receded relatively to each other, as shown at same figure, for thepurpose of allowing either draft-animal to advance or recede, or forother purposes.

The plow-beams A are hinged to sleeves U, which are journaled on theends 13', and allow the plows to be elevated at their rear ends, asshown at same figure. A pin, b", projects from the 'ournal B and restsin a recess 0 in the sleeve 0, and prevents the axle falling forward orrearward.

D D are the ordinary supporting-wheels, carried on the ends B of theaxles. E E are the draft-plates, their forward ends formed into hooksfor the single-trees, and their rear ends bifurcated and hinged, onebranch to each end of a part, B, of the axle. F F are braces from theaxle to the draft-plates E, and are slotted, to permit the plates E tooscillate. G is a runner or shoe, its upper end either adjustablyattached to a draft-plate, E, by means of a slot, 0, in saiddraft-plate, so. it. may be adjusted rearward, as shown at Figs. 1 and2, or it may be rigidly attached to the draft-plate in the positionshown at same figures. In either case it is attached to the draft-plateE, so that, when in the position shown at Figs. 1 and 2, with the rearend of the shoe G on the ground, the forward end of the draft-plate Ewill be held against movement of its forward end upward. His asuspending hook rod or bar, its forward end attached to one branch ofthe draft-plate E, either rigidly, or by a hinge, h, which permitsturning it forward out of the way when out of use.

When the rod H is hinged to the draft-plate it must, by striking aprojection therefrom, or by resting on a sleeve, 0, be made to oscillatewith the draft-plate.

The rod H may be attached to any part of the draft-plate E, or to theshoe G.

The plows A may be suspended on the hookrods H, as shown at Figs. 1 and2.

In this class of hinged axles it will be evident that if the hook-rods Hwere attached to the sides B of the axle, and one end of the axleadvanced, as shown by the left-hand side of. the axle at Fig. 1, therearward inclination of the part B would not hold the plow above thesurface of the ground, while the right-hand plow A would be excessivelyelevated by the forwardly-inclined right-hand bar B.

It will be seen that in my invention the plows are suspended from thedraft-plates E, which are journaled to the axle, so that the axle may beadvanced or receded at either end without raising or lowering eitherplow I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The suspending-rods H and draft-plates E, j0urnnled= to the *axle"By-s0 as -to-=supp0nt the plowsii-A ratv.unifcrmpor z nearly unif0rm,)

heights, while either side of the axle is advanced or recededindependently, substantially as described, and for thewpurposmspecified.

2. The suspending-rods H, draft-platesE, and shoes G, journaled orhinged to the axles B, soxthat. theplows A maywbe. .SILSPGDdBdfOIl v thew-rod sH; alidiei'therjsend vof 1-.the. akle sBi-be aidvancd or recededand the plows remain at uniform, or nearly uniform, heights,substantiilly as described, and for the purpose specified.

in -testimony than I 'c'lixim"-the* foreg0ingas .imyW'OWnIlILfiifiXRmysignature Jain presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. PATTEE.

" Witnesses:

THOMAS MOKEE, W. B. RIOHARDS.

